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Rainstorm Delays Opening of Hong Kong Stock Market, Schools

HONG KONG—Heavy rains and flooding have forced the closure of Hong Kong schools and a delay in stock market trading Wednesday as the city enters an early start to the summer rain season.

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Black rainstorm warning signal, the most severe of its three rain-alert signals, at around 4 a.m. local time, and it expects to keep the warning in place until 10 a.m., or 0200 GMT.